If you've followed Senator John McCain at all, you've heard about his tendency to, well, explode. He's erupted at numerous Senate colleagues, including many Republicans, at the slightest provocation. "The thought of his being President sends a cold chill down my spine. He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper, and he worries me," wrote Republican Senator Thad Cochran, shortly before endorsing McCain.
You've heard about his penchant for bellicose rhetoric, whether appropriating a Beach Boys song in threatening to bomb Iran or telling Russian President Vladimir Putin that he doesn't care what he thinks about American plans to install missiles in Eastern Europe.
And you've heard, no doubt, about McCain's stubbornness. "No dissent, no opinion to the contrary, however reasonable, will be entertained," says Larry Wilkerson, a retired army colonel who was former Secretary of State Colin Powell's top aide. "Hardheaded is another way to say it. Arrogant is another way to say it. Hubristic is another way to say it. Too proud for his own good is another way to say it. It's a quality about him that disturbs me."
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And the polls...whatever those are...are saying that if they're democratic candidate doesn't win they'll vote for McCain. Does that make sense to you? Sounds like McCain/Republican brainwashing tactics. The scary thought is that this guy has been for the war like an ant at a picnic. I always thought the first people who hated war were military. Obviously not in McCain's case. The people didn't choose the President...the Supreme Court did. If we're gonna survive economically...and the young people of this country aren't going to have to pay too high a price...then somebody other than a war monger better win the Presidency...or the draft and a whole host of nasties will show up on our doorsteps. And we still don't have Osama Bin Laden in custody.
Yes, Barry, McCain scares the hell out of me. Who knows where his temper and his new allegiance to the religious right will lead us?
And is his anger from PTSD? His short temper is legend...untreated PTSD? That's a wonderful thing to have in a President. Who knows what promises he made to himself in 7 years of prison in N. Vietnam?
I think I'd like to have a President with a long fuse...or no fuse at all. Or a fuse, if necessary. Not a short one.
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